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	NTU Info Centre: Khotyn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Khotyn (Хотин, Polish: Chocim; Romanian: Hotin; Russian: Хотин, Khotin) is a town in the Chernivets'ka oblast' of Ukraine.
		In the 1621 battle of Khotyn, an army of 160,000 Turkish veterans were led by Sultan Osman II from Adrianople towards the Polish frontier.
		The Romanian philologist Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu was bown in Khotyn in February 16, 1836.
	www.nowtryus.net /article:Hotin (480 words)

	Khotyn
		Khotyn in the 10th century became part of
		Khotyn was an object of conquest in the Cossack, Polish, and Russian wars with Turkey.
		Khmelnytsky captured and held Khotyn in 1650 and 1652–3.
	www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/K/H/Khotyn.htm (293 words)

	Khotyn district (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Khotyn district is situated on the northeast part of Chernivtsi region.
		It was determined by archeological research that a Slavic settlement existed on the territory of the contemporary city of Khotyn in 8th century.
		Khotyn Castle-Fortress is the biggest historical and architectural monument of Khotyn district.
	www.bucoda.cv.ua /Tourizm/eng/e_hoty.html (383 words)

	Chocim 1621
		Khotyn (Ukrainian: Хотин; Polish: Chocim; Romanian: Hotin; Russian: Хотин) is a town in today’s Ukraine.
		Khotyn's famous castle was built by the Genoese and expanded by subsequent rulers.
		The Polish commander Jan Karol Chodkiewicz crossed the Dniester in September 1621 and entrenched the Khotyn Fortress, blocking the path of the Ottoman march.
	www.kismeta.com /diGrasse/Chocim21.htm (1352 words)

	Khotyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Khotyn was first mentioned in 1310, as a residence of a catholic bishop, being held in the first half of the 14'th century by the Kingdom of Poland, which intended to impose Catholicism to the local vlach communities, mentioned there in the 10-13'th centuries; the first fortifications date back from this period.
		The Turks suffered two decisive defeats at Khotyn in the 17th century, at the hands of the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: in 1621 by hetman Jan Chodkiewicz, and again in 1673 by Jan III Sobieski.
		The Polish commander Jan Karol Chodkiewicz crossed the Dniester in September 1621 with approximately 35,000 soldiers and entrenched the Khotyn Fortress, blocking the path of the Ottoman march.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Chocim (1064 words)

	Bessarabia
		Khotyn region, which reaches 465 m in elevation and is covered with
		Khotyn area), Armenians, Greeks, French, and Gypsies (altogether 35,000 or 1.3 percent in 1941).
		Khotyn area (79 percent) and in the south in the
	www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/B/E/Bessarabia.htm (1991 words)

	W e l c o m e t o U k r a i n e \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		After the break up of the Galician-Volyn principality, Khotyn fortress was mainly controlled by the Cossacks until the Polish established control in the 15th century.
		The Khotyn castle is especially interesting, and particularly so due to the famous battle that occurred just outside its walls in 1621.
		Khotyn finally came under Russian control in 1793 and was mainly used as a prison up until the end of WWII.
	www.travel-to-ukraine.info /castles/index.php?castle=3 (382 words)

	Travel-Tourism Gallery
		Khotyn castle is located along the Dniester River, just inside Chernivtsi Oblast, near a small town bearing the same name.
		After the breakup of the Galician-Volyn principality, Khotyn fortress was mainly controlled by the Cossacks until the Polish established control in the 15th century.
		Only a few local guides work at the Khotyn castle, and there is no hotel in Khotyn, but local guides at the castle and city inhabitants will be happy to divulge the castle's history for just a few hryvnyas.
	www.artukraine.com /travel/fortress.htm (2416 words)

	EuroScope: On-Line Guides: Ukraine: Kamyanets-Podilskiy
		Kamyanets-Podilskiy is usually visited together with the town of Khotyn to see the most outstanding sample of Ukrainian medieval fortification.
		Khotyn fortress (12th-16th centuries) was the biggest fortress in Europe.
		Due to the victory of Slavs in the battle, the 150,000 strong Turkish army retreated and refrained from the attempts to conquer Western Europe.
	pages.prodigy.net /euroscope/kamyanets_podilskiy.html (558 words)

	Ukrainian Carpathians - a trip back to the Middle Ages — Lviv Ukraine tourist guide
		On the right bank of the Dniester, not far from a small town of Khotyn, Chernivetska County, which recently celebrated its 1000th anniversary, there towers the legendary Khotynska fortress.
		Khotyn’s moment of glory was during the military campaign of 1621 when a 150-thousand Turkish army soldiers met the united troops of Poland and Ukrainian Cossacks near the walls of the fortress.
		According to the historians for eight days in a row, the Polish and the Ukrainians were united in celebrating their victory, which prevented Western Europe from enslavement.
	lviv.biz /en/ukraine/tourism/carpathians/ukrainian (1003 words)

	Ukraine - Publications
		However, the fortress’s formidability, which was preserved till this time could not save it from the bloody battles which it witnessed.
		Khotyn’s moment of glory was during the military campaign of 1621 when a 150-thousand Turkish army soldiers met the united troops of
		And now Khotyn is the best place to enjoy serenity and harmony.
	www.mfa.gov.ua /main/en/publication/content/252.htm (889 words)

	Ukraine Info \| Travel \| Places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Chernivtsi region is situated in the northwest of Ukraine on the foothills of the Carpathians along the Dniester and Prut rivers.
		It was formed on August 7, 1940 as a result of reunification of the northern part of Bukovyna and the Khotyn district of Bessarabia.
		The northern plains are situated on the Prut-Dniester interfluve within the Podillia and Khotyn Hills.
	www.ukraineinfo.us /travel/chernivtsi (2795 words)

	Kiev Escort - Kiev Ukraine with Kiev City Tours
		The medieval Khotyn fortress (52 km) is situated on the right bank of the Dnister river and its high walls witnessed during the 12th-16th c.c.
		On the right bank of the Dniester, not far from a small town of Khotyn, which recently celebrated its 1000th anniversary, there towers the legendary Khotynska fortress.
		Khotyn's moment of glory was during the military campaign of 1621 when a 100-thousand Turkish army soldiers met the united troops of Poland and Ukrainian Cossacks near the walls of the fortress.
	www.kievcitytours.com /kiev-city-tours2.html (2125 words)

	Sagaydachny: The Underrated Hetman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		At the Ukrainian-Moldovan border, near the ancient fortress of Khotyn, the young Turkish sultan, Osman II, proceeded to fulfil a major goal of the Ottoman Empire.
		The Turks signed the Khotyn Peace Treaty, thereby destroying the myth of their invincibility.
		Sagaydachny, the savior of Europe and Poland, was taken to Kyiv in a splendid carriage that belonged to the Polish King.
	www.ukraine-observer.com /articles/215/773 (1701 words)

	1000 Year Anniversary of Khotyn, Chernivetska oblast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		On September 21th, 2002; Ukraine issued a stamp commemorating the 1000 Year Anniversary of Khotyn, Chernivetska oblast.
		On the right hand side of the stamp we see the layout of its old fortification.
		A pictorial cancellation was used for the First Day of Issue cover.
	www.ukrainian-philately.info /htmls/stmp2002/stmp0457.htm (45 words)

	Bukovina, a picturesque area of the Ukraine, is often referred to as "the beech-land" for the name Bukovina stems from ...
		It was only the Khotyn Uyezd that in 1812 entered the Russian state.
		Throughout many centuries the population of Bukovina fought for social and national independence.
		In 1918 Soviet power was proclaimed in the Khotyn Uyezd.
	myworld.cv.ua /bukovina.htm (606 words)

	Romantic Tour to Ukraine to Meet a Lady – Marriage Agency EXCLUSIVE
		A tour to Kamyanets-Podilskyi includes a visit to its Old Fortress (12-18 centuries), which impresses people with its grandeur and mystery, and to the Stone Fortress in the town of Khotyn.
		Khotyn, a district center in Chernivtsi Region, appeared in the 8th century on the banks of the Dniester River as a settlement of the Eastern Slavs.
		The fortress witnessed many historic events associated with the struggle of the Ukrainian people against foreign invaders in the past - Turkish feudals, Polish gentry and Romanian nobility.
	www.agency-exclusive.com /pages/romantic_tour.php (854 words)

	Khotyn Chotin Chotyn Hotin Jew Jewish Jews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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		Khotyn Chotin Chotyn Hotin Jew Jewish Jews links
		Khotyn Chotin Chotyn Hotin Jew Jewish Jews Sitemap
	khotyn-chotin-chotyn-hotin-jew-jewish-jews.knowledgexchange.info (61 words)

	Regional State Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Chernivtsi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		They show the talent of our local craftsmen whose works are highly estimated all over the world.
		In future the museum will be enlarged and it will represent four village settlements from Khotyn, West Dniester, Carpathians and Hutsul areas consisting of more than one hundred rural buildings.
		The museum's architecture units together with the surrounding nature enable the visitors to see the best pieces of spiritual and material culture of the old village, achievements of decorative and applied arts - witness of a great historic and cultural experience and inexhaustible talent as well as diligence of Bukovynians.
	www.skansenbuk.com /english.php (445 words)

	Lviv-Inturtrans - Chernivtsi - Chernivtsi sightseeing and Excursions - Prut River, Fedkovych University, Philharmonic ...
		The tour also includes visiting Khotyn fortress – monument of Cossack glory located on the Dnister river bank.
		The complex includes four defensive towers (1480), commandant’s palace, a church with fragments preserved from the 16th century, a Russian church (1835) now housing the Khotyn Ethnographic Museum.
		One of the greatest battles took place in Khotyn in September 1621, when unified Slavic units won a victory over the 150,000-strong Turkish army.
	www.lviv-inturtrans.com /chernivtsisight.htm (613 words)

	Chernivets’ka Oblast Photo Gallery - English
		The fortress at Khotyn was built by Kniaz’ Danylo Halyts’kyi (1202 - 1264) on an important trade route along the Dnister River.
		The fortress was reconstructed in the 15th century to make it more able to withstand artillery which was gaining importance in warfare.
		The pictures were taken in early February, 1992.
	www.aginukraine.com /photos/Chernivetska_photos.htm (52 words)

	Build Ukraine
		In an interview with the BBC's Ukrainian Service special correspondents, Svitlana Dorosh and Rostyslav Khotyn during the European Union summit in Athens on 18 April, and published by the BBC on April 22, President Leonid Kuchma has reiterated his commitment to improving relations with the USA and moving towards Ukraine's integration with Europe.
		Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma answered these questions in an interview with the BBC Ukrainian Service's special correspondents Svitlana Dorosh and Rostyslav Khotyn was at the European Union summit in Athens.
		The interview with President Kuchma by the BBC Ukrainian Service was monitored by the Ukraine Market Reform Group and the www.ArtUkraine.com Information Service in Washington, D.C. and Kyiv, Ukraine.
	www.artukraine.com /buildukraine/kuchma_interview.htm (2739 words)

	Travel company 'Navkolo Svitu' / Chernivtsi region
		It is the town that occupies a decent place in the history of Ukraine.
		It witnessed the noble glory of the Ukrainian kozaks.
		VYZHNYTSYA may be called a kind of gates to the Carpathians, those being thrust open for everyone eager to get in touch with the original beauty of the mountains.
	en.ns-tour.com.ua /tour/country.html?country=32 (705 words)

	Tluste/Tovste, Ukraine
		Tovste and its surrounding region are imbued with an abundant natural wealth, including mineral springs used for medicinal purposes and highly fertile agricultural land.
		Centrally located in relation to many other towns and sites of historic importance – including Cherwonogrod, Chernivtsi, Kamyanets-Podilskyy, Khotyn, Medzhybizh and Zalishchyky – Tovste merits inclusion on the itinerary of any visit to the region.
		Tovste (population: 3,513 in 2001) is located in western Ukraine in a rural area bounded by the Dniester river to the west and its tributary, the Seret, to the east.
	www.tovste.info (444 words)

	Khotyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ihor Burkut, Khotyn uprising against Greater Romania, "Chas", January 1, 2003
		This article has been tagged since December 2006.
		This page was last modified 23:26, 15 December 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Khotyn (1064 words)

	Buc
		The Chernivtsy region stretches for 8.1 thousand square kilometres from the Carpathian woods up to Khotyn above the Dnister river.
		Old Khotyn, unique Chernivtsy and modern Novodnistrovsk will meet you.
		You will find here generous friends, talented and efficient people fond of their land, the wide basis for business, inexhaustible possibilities for the embodiment of the great variety of projects.
	www.fortunecity.com /lavender/goodfellas/375/buc.htm (585 words)

	Khotyn (Chernivtsi, Ukraine)
		Search for Hotin north - northwest of northernmost Roumanian border.
		Khotyn or Khotin or Hotin is part of Chernivtsi oblast.
		In October 1620 the Ukrainian Cossacks headed by hetman I.Sagaidachnyi and the Polish army defeated the Turkish army near Khotyn.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ua-hotin.html (424 words)

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